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  3. From: court@newton.physics.mun.ca (J. Lewis)
  4. Subject: Pronunciation of "Jansky"
  5. Message-ID: <C183JJ.2s4@news.ucs.mun.ca>
  6. Sender: usenet@news.ucs.mun.ca (NNTP server account)
  7. Organization: Memorial University of Nfld, St. John's, NF
  8. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:26:05 GMT
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  12. A quick question:  how should "Jansky" (man and unit) be pronounced?
  13. The name sounds middle-European-ish to me, suggesting "yanski", but
  14. Karl Jansky was American, suggesting "dganski".
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